A fresh faced country girl
Who pioneers on her bicycle
Catches the eye
Of a transplant from Houston
Love begins through letters

Dime
¿Qué es su lengua materna?
Ni inglés
Ni español
Sus padres no hablan inglés

The E’s squeak by
The I’s are too excited
The U’s come after Q
But the A’s and the O’s
They flow

To be genius means
To not follow the rules
You don’t have to
I wish to be smart
But not self-important

Apathy and incompetence
In healthcare
A fax they didn’t send
Prescriptions delayed
Labs to do again

I am stronger
Than you think I am
I am weaker
Than I look

May sun is warm
An old friend
You have missed
June sun
Still smiles

How do you measure pain?
All is relative and personal
Even with one’s own self
It is impossible to compare
As memory distorts pain

Beside you
I am
At peace
Our love
A connection

I would never choose
To eat a granola bar
Or peanut butter crackers
Though I eat them
All of the time